# Pakistan at the UN: Touch the Indus and It's "An Act of War". India: Terror "Will Have Consequences" *World · 27 September 2026 · RECORDx NEWS* Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD92gQKcoPQ Page: https://news.recordx.co/story/pakistan-at-the-un-touch-the-indus-and-its-an-act-of-war-india-terror/ Pakistan's prime minister told the UN what his country would treat as an act of war. Hours later, India answered from the same hall. On 25 September, at the UN General Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif said: "Any attempt to stop, impede or divert Pakistan's share of the waters will be treated as an act of war. India must make no mistake about it." India has held the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance since the Pahalgam attack in April 2025; Sharif says that has no legal basis. That evening, in India's right of reply, First Secretary Petal Gahlot said: "Our right to defend ourselves against terrorism will be exercised, and continued terrorism by Pakistan will have consequences." Pakistan's Counsellor Saima Saleem replied that India had "stooped to a new low of weaponizing water." Everyone is heard in their own voice, from the UN's own record. ## The reporting Claim: Pakistan told the UN that touching its share of the Indus waters is "an act of war"; India answered the same evening that continued terrorism by Pakistan "will have consequences". Angle: both governments put a red line on the UN record on the same day, in their own voices — one over water, one over terror. ## Facts "Act of war" plays as his voice over the UNTV hall wide, as broadcast; the director cut to his face at ~730.5s, so "India must make no mistake about it" is the line on his face. Sharif said India's decision to hold the treaty in abeyance has "no legal basis whatsoever" — attributed as his claim. India put the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance on 23 April 2025, the day after the Pahalgam attack (MEA statement: "until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism"). India's reply was the same evening (UN chapters: Chair 0-80s, India 80-305s, Pakistan 305-627s). Speaker: Petal Gahlot, First Secretary, India's Permanent Mission to the UN (Tribune India, Free Press Journal, LatestLY). On tape the nameplate reads INDIA. Pakistan's counter-reply line (~540-549s) is PAKISTAN's, not India's. Speaker: Counsellor Saima Saleem, Pakistan's Mission to the UN (geo.tv, Samaa, 26 Sep 2026); PAKISTAN nameplate on tape. Dates: 25 Sep New York = 26 Sep IST datelines. One day, not two. ## References (UN — Pakistan, Prime Minister, General Debate, 81st Session) (UN — India, Pakistan, Right of Replies, 25 Sep) (MEA, 23 April 2025) (names Saima Saleem) (names Saima Saleem) ## What this story does not claim That India has stopped, impeded or diverted any water. That the Court of Arbitration / UN experts "rejected India's position" (Sharif's claim; India rejects the CoA). Any May 2025 "victory"; any "real ruler" by name. Any title for Saima Saleem beyond Counsellor / Pakistan's Mission to the UN. Anything from 2022/2024/2025 Sharif speeches or the Sept 2025 Gahlot reply ("destroyed runways", "glorifying terrorism"). ## What this story does not claim It does not claim India has stopped, impeded or diverted any water. India has held the treaty in abeyance; that is all the reel says. It does not assert that the Court of Arbitration or UN experts rejected India's position (Sharif's claim; India rejects the Court of Arbitration) — that sentence is not used. It does not assert any "victory" in May 2025, and does not name anyone as Pakistan's "real ruler". It gives Saima Saleem no title beyond Counsellor, Pakistan's Mission to the UN. It uses no map and no river footage. ## References - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm0vxHCCFJo - https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1vyeqf77n - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkN48G7Sho - https://www.dawn.com/news/2032621/any-attempt-to-divert-pakistans-water-to-be-treated-as-act-of-war-india-must-make-no-mistake-about-it-pm-at-unga - https://aninews.in/news/world/us/pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-calls-any-attempt-to-divert-water-share-act-of-war-during-unga-address20260926014938/ - https://tribune.com.pk/story/2631489/water-diversion-by-india-to-be-treated-as-act-of-war-pm - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/india-hits-back-at-pakistan-at-un-says-terrorism-duplicity-will-have-consequences/ - https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-petal-gahlot-the-indian-diplomat-who-hit-back-at-shehbaz-sharif-over-kashmir-terrorism-at-ungca - https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/39442 - https://www.geo.tv/latest/683760-indias-terrorist-exports-have-gone-from-regional-to-global-pakistan-tells-unga - https://www.samaa.tv/2087357447-pakistan-urges-india-to-condemn-terrorism-not-lecture Reporting drawn from: United Nations (General Debate, 81st Session, Day 4; Right of Replies, 25 Sep), Dawn, ANI, The Tribune, MEA, REQUIRED ## Footage - the line - "India must make no mistake about it." (on his face) - "any attempt to stop, impede or divert Pakistan's share of the waters will be treated as an act of war." (his voice over the program's hall push-in; not lip-sync) - "India's unilateral decision to hold the existing treaty in abeyance has no legal basis whatsoever." - "...continued terrorism by Pakistan will have consequences." - "India has stooped to a new low of weaponizing water, a lifeline for 240 million people of Pakistan." - the beat - cold open: the threat on his face - the threat, full sentence - his treaty claim (attributed) - same day: the chair calls India - India's answer ## Transcript Pakistan's Prime Minister told the UN on Friday what his country would treat as an act of war Any attempt to stop, impede or divert Pakistan's share of the waters will be treated as an act of war. India must make no mistake about it. The waters are the Indus. India put the treaty that shares them on hold after the Pahalgam attack in April 2025. Sharif says that has no legal basis That evening, India answered from its seat in the same hall Our right to defend ourselves against terrorism will be exercised, and continued terrorism by Pakistan will have consequences. India has stooped to a new low of weaponizing water, a lifeline for 240 million people of Pakistan. Both red lines are now on the record, one over water and one over terror ## Topics pakistan, india, unga 2026, un general assembly ## Related - [Nepal's 36-Year-Old PM to the UN: "Have We Really Heard That Warning?"](https://news.recordx.co/story/nepals-36-year-old-pm-to-the-un-have-we-really-heard-that-warning/) - [Netanyahu to UN Walkout: "Any Other Moral Cowards?" Then He Named Mamdani](https://news.recordx.co/story/netanyahu-to-un-walkout-any-other-moral-cowards-then-he-named-mamdani/) - [Trump Said He Might Annihilate Iran. 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